Creativity in Counseling Children and Adolescents: A Guide to Experiential Activities

Creativity in Counseling Children and Adolescents shows counselors and other mental health professionals how to use a wide variety of activities from start to finish. The first section addresses the basic tenets of experiential learning, guiding readers through ways to build a creative and interactive environment for counseling. Later chapters lay out methods for choosing activities and finding the right match between diverse interests, skills, abilities, and cultural considerations. Once an activity is identified and implemented, the book shows counselors how to help children make meaning and capitalize on the benefits of the activity by incorporating micro- and macro-processing skills.